sophomore
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The sophomore novel marked the arrival of an intuitive stylist gifted at polyphonic prose.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
London Mills, the starting shortstop for Chaminade’s softball team as a sophomore, is lucky she doesn’t have to face her mom, Jackie, in soccer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Elias Pike, a sophomore criminology major, lives in an eight-person dorm suite that he shares with only one other student.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Before his sophomore season, Knueppel was scoring 30 points a game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
I was only a sophomore and hadn’t played much but the coach liked the way I played defense, liked the way I clawed the man I was guardin’.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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